Tag: nursing shortage

Pennsylvania Hospital Creates In-House Staffing Agency to Solve Nursing Shortage

Cooper Moran
Healthcare workers

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UMPC) announced on Friday that the hospital will establish an in-house staffing agency to solve its nursing shortage.

Dubbed “UPMC Travel Staffing,” the new program will allow the hospital system to move nurses among different locations in order to fill the staffing needs of each hospital.

According to a press release from the medical center, nurses who join the new agency will be allowed to work in the system’s medical facilities in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland.

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Georgia Healthcare Workers Shortage Reaches ‘Crisis’ Levels After Vaccine Mandate

Peter D'Abrosca
Healthcare workers

Georgia’s nursing and healthcare staffer shortages have reached “crisis” levels after hospital networks in the state mandated that employees take the COVID-19 vaccine during the summer. 

Many news outlets and healthcare executives are blaming stress and long hours for the shortages, claiming that healthcare staffers are leaving their jobs because they are overworked. 

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Michigan State Representative John Damoose Introduces Plan to Reduce Nursing Shortage

Cooper Moran

Michigan State Representative John Damoose (R-Harbor Springs) on Wednesday detailed a plan to reduce the shortage of nurses throughout the state.

The legislation would allow community colleges in Michigan to award bachelor’s degrees in nursing.

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